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Indian Institutes of Technology want foreign students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Scholars have called a proposal by the Indian Institutes of Technology to quadruple their international student intake by 2025 “feasible” but say they will first need to decide whether they are willing to lower entry requirements for nonlocal applicants.

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California Initiative to Drive FAFSA and CA Dream Act Application Completion

WCET Frontiers

Today, WCET’s parent company, WICHE – the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, is holding its Commission Meeting in California. This is a major new step taken by the Commission to help more students secure financial aid resources and improve equitable access to postsecondary education statewide.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Middleton Social media is neither honest about nor friendly toward Black males in P-12 and higher education. At a societal level, the United States’ economy depends on a skilled workforce, particularly given the rapidly changing technological landscape. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Edward C. Fletcher Jr, Renae D. Mayes & Tanya J.

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Academic Libraries Leading the Way in Accessibility

Insight Into Diversity

As higher education institutions provide more than just legally required accessibility and disability services, they could find guidance from their own academic libraries, who are often at the forefront of this field. Binghamton University, New York The Glenn G. Bartle Library Tower at Binghamton University.

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Three practical steps universities can take to increase accessibility and advance student diversity

QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

This year, the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education awards , an annual competition to reward innovation in higher education, will play host to a new category of awards: Values. . Apply for a 2022 Wharton-QS Reimagine Education award X. But why do diversity initiatives in higher education matter? .

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.” The program has three areas of interest.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces.